Centos – set selinux permissive without reboot

You can view the current mode SELinux operates in, by executing the sestatus comman:

# sestatus

You can change the mode by editing the file /etc/selinux/config and change the SELINUX=enforcing line to SELINUX=permissive

# vi /etc/selinux/config

# This file controls the state of SELinux on the system.
# SELINUX= can take one of these three values:
# enforcing - SELinux security policy is enforced.
# permissive - SELinux prints warnings instead of enforcing.
# disabled - No SELinux policy is loaded.
SELINUX=permissive
# SELINUXTYPE= can take one of these two values:
# targeted - Targeted processes are protected,
# mls - Multi Level Security protection.
SELINUXTYPE=targeted